NEWSLETTER

Issue 20- 28th June 2019

Principal’s Report from Mr. Coffey

Rainbow P-12 College 17 Albert Street

PO Box 223 Rainbow Vic 3424

P: 03 5395 1063 F: 03 5395 1192

E: rainbow.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

Rainbow P-12 College is a Child Safe School

Calendar 2019 – Term 2

Term 3 Week 2 22nd July Parents & Friends meeting 10am 24th & 25th July 3/4 Camp 24th July German Poetry Competition finals 25th July Grade 2 sleepover Week 4 5th - 7th Aug Dreamchasers First Aid Course 5th - 9th Aug BOOK FAIR 5th Aug Cluster day Week 5 19th & 20th Aug Production 23rd Aug VCE English study Day 29th Aug Responsible Pet Ownership (P-4) Week 7 30th Aug Cluster Aths @ Rainbow Week 8 2nd-3rd Sept “The Man Cave” Community Evening and Workshop

Student supervision starts at 8.30am Prior to this there are no staff on duty.

Travel Safely Please have a safe holiday if you are travelling and rest up and recover from the winter colds and flus ready for next term. School will finish at 2:30pm this Friday afternoon and resume on Monday the 15th of July.

Staffing Update Next term we will be without Mrs. Ella Clarke (Miss Wizz) as she will be taking a well-deserved break to spend time to be with her family on Long Service Leave. Unfortunately we received no applicants when we advertised

for a replacement teacher. Fortunately Mr. Leach will be taking the Year 11 English, Mrs. Petschel will be taking the Year 9 English and I will be taking the year 7/8 Humanities for the term. Mrs. Solly will also be commencing Long Service Leave next term for both terms 3 and 4. Mrs. Solly has been teaching some junior classes, undertaking the Online Literacy and Numeracy interviews and doing individual and small group intervention this year. We wish both of our colleagues all the best and hope they enjoy their leave.

Upcoming Meetings... The next School Council meeting will be held on Monday the 12th of August at 7:30pm in the multi-purpose building.

Absences If your child/children are going to be absent or

have been absent can parents/carers please use the skoolbag app, send a note or phone the

College office on 53951063. Please do not contact the class teacher re

absences by phone, text or class dojo If no contact is made a phone call will be made

to you if your children are absent. Our absence co-ordinator Leonie Clarke is then

able to enter the absence details which is a requirement from the Education department.

Thank you

Junior school - Clancy, Lane, Ryder & Chantelle Senior school- Heidi, Jessica & Macy

Students of the Week

Year 7/8 Humanities Mallee Waterways project presentation - from Miss Wizz On Monday, the Year 7/8 Humanities class presented their Mallee Waterways assignment, which they have been

working on during semester 1, to family, visitors and staff members.

The students made a 3D map of Lake Hindmarsh, Outlet Creek and Lake Albacutya, and a website with information

about various locations around the district, including Aboriginal history, pioneer history and facts and figures about

the lakes and creek. They created QR codes which were stuck on the map at different locations. Visitors were given

iPads which they could use to scan the codes, which then directed them to the relevant information on the

website.

The students also planned and served a delicious morning tea to their guests.

This project has been a long time in production, and the students showed excellent persistence in completing it.

Not only did they learn more about our local area, they learned skills in project management, evaluating progress

and changing expectations, and working together in a group.

Our visitors on Monday were very impressed with the final product, and I was extremely pleased to see the class

showing pride in their work.

Thank you to the Rainbow Archives, Wimmera Mallee Pioneer Museum and Wimmera Catchment Management

Authority for their assistance in completing this project.

Yr 7/8 Humanities students proudly show their

Mallee Waterways assignment to parents & staff

A week in the life of Rainbow P-12 College The Big Breakfast & Our Space session

Macy & Jordy helping out with the Big Breakfast Jakob on juice duty

Our Big Breakfast crowd! Hugo & Felicity in clean up mode

Wilbur working the wheelbarrow Caleb & Parker working hard Murphy on bin duty

Lewis armed and ready to do the fence

line

Pure happiness from Mrs Huff!

Guess who loves the Camera?

The smile says it all!

Gracie & Erin spreading bark chips

A team effort at weeding!

With every good working bee, a celebratory meal is a must.

This term’s ‘Our Space Big Breakfast’ was no different. All students gathered on Wednesday morning to enjoy a delicious breakfast in the Multipurpose Room. This would not be possible without the generous

support of the Bendigo Bank, Rainbow IGA and the Bow Bakery. The time and effort involved from the staff of the College, many of whom also

donated food items, is huge and the breakfast would not happen without you. A final thanks to all the students for providing the fantastic company,

and to those who offered their assistance serving and cleaning up. It is most appreciated and makes for a really enjoyable morning together.

Thank you! Miss Schumann and Miss Downing

Macy serving up the

treasured bacon

OUR SPACE BIG BREAKFAST

Haylee & Ruby enjoying the feast The seagulls coming into land

Nicholas, Oscar & Mason catching up

Jas and Clarissa finding Miss Downing's jokes hilarious.

A week in the life of Rainbow P-12 College Nao or Never fashion parade

Love the outfit

The audience

NAO (Tanoshi) in dance mode

Footage from one of the films NAO assistants in their element

Our media guru Tessa Gavin in action

NAO ready to come out in a different costume

Super Gavin !!!

What did NAO say to Ayla?

Canteen Roster 2019 Term 3 July Mon 15 G. O’Halloran Wed 17 A. Ey Fri 19 K. Weir/ C. Fisher Mon 22 E. Staples Wed 24 R. Bastin Fri 26 J. Thomas Mon 29 J. James/ M. Zadow Wed 31 R. Richards Aug Fri 2nd L. Heinrich/ N. Eckermann Mon 5 C. Saul/ S. Coyne Wed 7 C. Roll Fri 9 A. Riordan Mon 12 K. McKenzie Wed 14 S. Clark Fri 16 J. Keller Mon 19 E. Eckermann Wed 21 D. Camilleri Fri 23 R. Clugston/ R. Keller Mon 26 C. Petschel Wed 28 C. Cocks Fri 30 B. Eckermann Sep Mon 2 S. Smith Wed 4 D. Huff Fri 6 T. Tregenza/ S. Gelligen Mon 9 M. Ismay Wed 11 J. Fuller Fr 13 T. Gould/ A.J. Heinrich Mon 16 S. Perkins Wed 18 N. Leach Fri 20 K. Kajewski

Canteen Emergency Workers

Lauren Heinrich (Wed & Fri only) 0459363319 Kim Kajewski 0448352251 Debbie Lowe 0488115973 Please contact the above emergency workers if you are unable to do your canteen duty or arrange a swap with

another person on the roster $20 is to be paid to the emergency worker.

Shake Rattle and READ

Term 3 Dates

July 15 SRR July 16 Playgroup July 22 Playgroup

July 29 SRR July 30 Playgroup

August 5 Playgroup August 12 SRR

August 13 Playgroup August 19 Playgroup

August 26 SRR September 2 Playgroup

September 9 SRR September 10 Playgroup September 16 Playgroup

Don’t forget to bring your

Reading Bags

Rainbow Desert Enduro

Are you interested in becoming a scrutineer for the Enduro?

If so a course will be run on Friday 19th July @ 6pm and Sunday 21st July

(time to be confirmed) More details are on the following page.

Scrutineer Course Details for interested students and community members Rainbow Scrutiny Module Training (how to access the required information)

Google Cams Confederation of Motor Sport Select Sporting & Technical Regulations Select “OFF ROAD”

Download the following or read: OFF ROAD GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -18 pages OFF ROAD SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS – 19 pages OFF ROAD SECURITY REPORT – 1 page

You will need to go through these Regulations to be able to answer the questions in the Module Test, you don’t have to memorise them but need them to find the answers on the day. Scrutiny course will commence Friday evening 19th July @6.00pm. Saturday off for football and resume Sunday

morning time to be decided 21st 2019 to be conducted at the Civic Centre supper room. There will be an OFF Road buggy for demonstration purposes.

The role of a scrutineer is a very important job as it ensures the safety of all competitors. We will need a number of people involved so that the job can be completed in a timely manner.

Cams are funding this training module so it is free. To be placed on list please register your interest to Bill Hutson 0429954264 or Email: bhutson@iinet.net.au Further info may be obtained by contacting Chief Scrutineer Morrie Williams: morrisw@bigpond.com